George Clooney arrested for Sudan protest in D.C. (+video)
George Clooney and several others were arrested outside the Sudan Embassy in Washington, DC Friday. Clooney was protesting the Sudan government's blockade of humanitarian aid.
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Hollywood movie star George Clooney was arrested at the Sudan Embassy in Washington on Friday during a protest against the country's blockade of humanitarian aid.
Clooney, his father Nick and other anti-Sudan activists ignored three police warnings to leave the embassy grounds and were led away to a Secret Service van in plastic handcuffs, a Reuters journalist covering the demonstration said.
Clooney told a Senate hearing on Thursday that Washington must get tough on Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and two other Sudanese officials indicted by the International Criminal Court as part of an investigation into atrocities in Darfur from August 2003 to March 2004.
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Clooney said violence between Sudanese soldiers and rebels aligned with South Sudan in border areas including South Kordofan's Nuba mountains involved repeated attacks on unarmed civilians who already face a serious humanitarian crisis.
"They are proving themselves to be the greatest war criminals of this century, by far," Clooney told the Senate panel, calling for increased U.S. efforts to find and freeze offshore accounts of indicted Sudanese officials.
